Star Trek has holes in it's continuity, not the least of which is the lack of ridges on the Klingons in-between ENT (had them), TOS (didn't), and TNG-and-beyond (had). The ridges have their explanation, but it's impossible to come with an explanation for all the continuity issues.
Plus, your argument over racism, whether being an offshoot of Vulcans qualifies them for being their own race, and so on... it just feels like you're arguing over cracks in the picture instead of looking at the actual picture.
And personally, you're coming off as a**hole-ish about it all. Not to mention derailing the thread from it's intended topic: the screenshot.
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
Either that or that picture is far more violent than we can see and she actually lost the other two in the blast. Same way she lost her shoes, I guess.
I wonder what next week's will be. A destroyed cityscape bathed in plasma fire? Or more... purpley.
DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN. :eek:
If it involves cracked/destroyed planets in any shape or form I am going to find Cryptics concept artist and beat the snot out of him.
Maybe but in Trek they pretty much humans on a rubber suit and/or makeup, a truly alien being would be something we could not empathize with, something like out from the Cthulhu mythos.
Limited human mind. You could empathize with anything if it had a good argument.
Yes and no, there was a effort to move then away from that, like in "The Magnificent Ferengi" that also highlights their culture own problems as part of who they are.
Perhaps but overall "The Last Outpost" portrayed the Ferengi as ugly, greedy, impatient, stupid, misogynist and generally unpleasant.
Few of these traits ever changed throughout the series, Quark often serving as the exception that proved the rule (mainly on the stupid part, most of the other traits he played straight as a fiddle).
If it's going to be stuff like T'its here, I'll pass. :P
Yes, please no more T'Bosoms used as a desperate attempt to lure in new players. I'd like to see more story and scenery type artwork, maybe some depictions of famous scenes from certain missions.
Yes, please no more T'Bosoms used as a desperate attempt to lure in new players. I'd like to see more story and scenery type artwork, maybe some depictions of famous scenes from certain missions.
I'm confused by people's disdain for that homepage Vulcan. I think she is a pretty reasonable representation of most players' female characters I see strutting around in the game.
Must be something in the water in the 25th century.
"They're crying, Jim! I don't know how it happened, but it's good to see." - Dr Leonard McCoy
Of course I am not fully disagreeing with you, I am just pointing out there was a effort but they also maintained their society that very much the crux of how people behave, we are taught to think and act in certain ways that are the accepted norms by our society but society changes and so the attitude and behavior of people as the norms change, the Greek have very little in common with the classical antiquity of the Greek City nations despite as a ethnic had no real changes (unlike the rest of Europe) in term of society as a example.
Also the Ferengi had changes, women are now allowed to wear clothing and even run business ... things change and I am not talking about turning Romulans into Vulcans, no ... there was over 2 millennium of cultural differences but at the same time they cannot be the TOS-TNG-DS9 Star Empire, even if Sela comes back does not mean that Romulan Star Empire comes back ... thats over and its a new reality that requires adjustments.
I am not going to argue with your points, truth is there is some validity to what you are saying.
But I will say this. Most people are not going to agree with you. Perhaps you don't like the Old Romulan Star Empire, but many did. And it is THIS Romulan Faction that people want, not D'Tan's More "enlightened" Romulans.
D'Tan's ideas are also not new to the Romulans. They have been around since at least the TNG era. None, the less the RSE survived the destruction of its homeworld, and remained as a whole, much as it was. So I see no reason not to hold with it, just because Sela was captured/kidnapped/Rescued (I haven't played though all the romulan story, but was it ever established that Sela was with the iconians, or just the Tal Shiar?) by an Iconian vessel. Considering who Sela is, if she ever did return, I can totally see her reestablishing the Romulans right back where they were. After all, that is what gave her the most power.
I'm confused by people's disdain for that homepage Vulcan. I think she is a pretty reasonable representation of most players' female characters I see strutting around in the game.
Must be something in the water in the 25th century.
Not mine.
Ask yourself, do you really want the game represented by someone who sets their boob slider to max?
Not mine.
Ask yourself, do you really want the game represented by someone who sets their boob slider to max?
Fair enough. But, as we know 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.' And apparently, there is a need for larger polygons. Just my own anecdotal observations of most female characters I see.
However, it does seem to grasp for the low hanging fruit of the interwebs. And being a denizen of said internet, perhaps I'm just desensitized to a bit (ok, a lot) of cleavage. And it isn't as if Trek itself didn't set the precedent with its many busty, skin-tight clad ladies.
On a personal note, if I come to the site when I am at work, I do feel a bit ashamed when the page pops and quickly make my way to the forums.
"They're crying, Jim! I don't know how it happened, but it's good to see." - Dr Leonard McCoy
It may be a bit inaccurate to try and apply human psychology to aliens.
Human? maybe not, but some sort of psychology is definately in order. Any being that thinks has a psycological make up. It doesn't matter if it's sentient sand... If it thinks it has some sort of psychology.
Human? maybe not, but some sort of psychology is definately in order. Any being that thinks has a psycological make up. It doesn't matter if it's sentient sand... If it thinks it has some sort of psychology.
It was established in TNG that Vulcans and Romulans were genetically dissimilar in a similar way to how an African American is genetically dissimilar to a Caucasian American.
On a basic DNA scan it would be next to impossible to tell them apart, however there are key differences especially medically. (The actual example was Beverly Crusher attempting to cure a Romulan using a medication that worked on Vulcans and failing).
I dunno what to believe, the new JJ film is coming out in May and so this major update too. I wonder if they're connected or not - dismissing the whole contract thing between them, after all, they did with the 1st JJ Trek film to make that work.
Anyways, we'll find out sooner or later! Not long to go now!
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Star Trek has holes in it's continuity, not the least of which is the lack of ridges on the Klingons in-between ENT (had them), TOS (didn't), and TNG-and-beyond (had). The ridges have their explanation, but it's impossible to come with an explanation for all the continuity issues.
Plus, your argument over racism, whether being an offshoot of Vulcans qualifies them for being their own race, and so on... it just feels like you're arguing over cracks in the picture instead of looking at the actual picture.
And personally, you're coming off as a**hole-ish about it all. Not to mention derailing the thread from it's intended topic: the screenshot.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
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Either that or that picture is far more violent than we can see and she actually lost the other two in the blast. Same way she lost her shoes, I guess.
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DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN. :eek:
If it involves cracked/destroyed planets in any shape or form I am going to find Cryptics concept artist and beat the snot out of him.
....... is that a trick question?
Limited human mind. You could empathize with anything if it had a good argument.
Perhaps but overall "The Last Outpost" portrayed the Ferengi as ugly, greedy, impatient, stupid, misogynist and generally unpleasant.
Few of these traits ever changed throughout the series, Quark often serving as the exception that proved the rule (mainly on the stupid part, most of the other traits he played straight as a fiddle).
Would be great to see more stuff like this on a regular basis instead of in-game screenshots.
I always thought T'Arget (or whatever we are calling her) would make an excellent sacrifice to some alien god.
I look to you Taco, to make it happen.:D
If it's going to be stuff like T'its here, I'll pass. :P
Yes, please no more T'Bosoms used as a desperate attempt to lure in new players. I'd like to see more story and scenery type artwork, maybe some depictions of famous scenes from certain missions.
And I doubt poor T'its would be fit for Cthulhu. Not enough tentacles!
I'm confused by people's disdain for that homepage Vulcan. I think she is a pretty reasonable representation of most players' female characters I see strutting around in the game.
Must be something in the water in the 25th century.
I am not going to argue with your points, truth is there is some validity to what you are saying.
But I will say this. Most people are not going to agree with you. Perhaps you don't like the Old Romulan Star Empire, but many did. And it is THIS Romulan Faction that people want, not D'Tan's More "enlightened" Romulans.
D'Tan's ideas are also not new to the Romulans. They have been around since at least the TNG era. None, the less the RSE survived the destruction of its homeworld, and remained as a whole, much as it was. So I see no reason not to hold with it, just because Sela was captured/kidnapped/Rescued (I haven't played though all the romulan story, but was it ever established that Sela was with the iconians, or just the Tal Shiar?) by an Iconian vessel. Considering who Sela is, if she ever did return, I can totally see her reestablishing the Romulans right back where they were. After all, that is what gave her the most power.
Not mine.
Ask yourself, do you really want the game represented by someone who sets their boob slider to max?
Fair enough. But, as we know 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.' And apparently, there is a need for larger polygons. Just my own anecdotal observations of most female characters I see.
However, it does seem to grasp for the low hanging fruit of the interwebs. And being a denizen of said internet, perhaps I'm just desensitized to a bit (ok, a lot) of cleavage. And it isn't as if Trek itself didn't set the precedent with its many busty, skin-tight clad ladies.
On a personal note, if I come to the site when I am at work, I do feel a bit ashamed when the page pops and quickly make my way to the forums.
Definitely it's the revenge of handsome phaser guy!
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My character Tsin'xing
Isn't that what he was saying?
PS: I want a playable Microbrain.
On a basic DNA scan it would be next to impossible to tell them apart, however there are key differences especially medically. (The actual example was Beverly Crusher attempting to cure a Romulan using a medication that worked on Vulcans and failing).
hell yeah.
Am I the only one who thought: ........
http://media.sfx.co.uk/files/2012/08/Doctor-Who-series-7-dalek-image.jpg
???
I dunno what to believe, the new JJ film is coming out in May and so this major update too. I wonder if they're connected or not - dismissing the whole contract thing between them, after all, they did with the 1st JJ Trek film to make that work.
Anyways, we'll find out sooner or later! Not long to go now!